B Ed entrance test passes off peacefully

THE B ED entrance examination passed off peacefully at 74 centres in the city. A total 38,192 applicants took the entrance test for admission to 2610 seats, including 780 seats in the university, 630 seats in aided colleges and 1200 seats in self-financed courses. There were 45 examination centres for men and 29 for women. One centre was kept on standby.

THE B ED entrance examination passed off peacefully at 74 centres in the city.

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A total 38,192 applicants took the entrance test for admission to 2610 seats, including 780 seats in the university, 630 seats in aided colleges and 1200 seats in self-financed courses. There were 45 examination centres for men and 29 for women. One centre was kept on standby.

Examination coordinator Prof Shriprakash Mani Tripathi, along with chief proctor Prof Rajendra Prasad Yadav, monitored the examination at various centres.

Policemen were deployed to check any untoward incident. Fax and photostat shops were closed following the district administration’s orders.

The applicants were upset over the delay in distribution of admit cards. They said contrary to the university authorities’ announcement, the admit cards were not available on the website. Talking to Hindustan Times, applicants said they hoped for transparency in the entrance test, therefore, they had applied to DDU Gorakhpur University. They further said that the appointment of B Ed graduates in Government Primary Schools had enthused them to apply for admission to B Ed courses.

Ramesh Kumar, an applicant from Ambdekar Nagar, and Bhagwan Das from Ballia claimed that they had come a day earlier in view of rain and spent the night on the railway station platform. These students got their admit card in the morning just an hour before the start of the exam. There was no room in hotels and dharmshalas. Thousands of applicants had to spend the night on the footpath.